We’re always looking for different ways to measure the animal spirits responsible for driving markets higher or lower. In many cases, we do this by examining the risk appetite of one asset class relative to another through a variety of intermarket and ratio analysis. Today we’ll look at the oft-cited Consumer Discretionary Sector SPDR ($XLY) […]
Gaming on Sector Rotation
In last weeks “Chart of the Week” column, we highlighted the relentless strength of the Technology sector ($XLK), and more specifically the fresh all-time highs from a variety of subsectors including Software ($IGV), Cybersecurity ($HACK), Cloud Computing ($SKYY) and Semiconductors ($SOXX). Today, we’re going to drill into one of those industry groups. It’s been one […]
Stick With What’s Working in 2020
2019 was quite the year for Large-Cap Technology. Our benchmark, the SPDR Technology Sector ETF, $XLK gained 50% during the year, nearly doubling the performance of the next best sector, Financials ($XLF), as well as the S&P 500 itself, both of which returned about 30%. Many of the analyst notes and financial headlines I see […]
A Trip Around Europe
I was on my Honeymoon in Europe recently. We visited Paris, London, Brussels and Amsterdam and saw some truly amazing sites. It also prompted me to find some equally fantastic charts of European assets – which I only looked at during travel time, on the trains and planes, of course. But seriously, as someone […]
Small Caps Showing Strength
Investors appear to be warming to small caps as the group is finally outperforming large caps, not just over the trailing week, but also the past month and quarter. Small-cap stocks have had a rough go at it over the past several years, particularly in relation to their large-cap peers in the S&P 500 which […]
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